

This can lead to the desk vibrating at certain frequencies, muddying up what you hear. Wedges, isolation pads, and other doodads (including Genelec’s rubbery support) rarely fully decouple the speakers and the desk. You can use foam wedges to tilt your speakers so the tweeters fire directly at your ears. This means that if the speakers are lower, higher or at a less-than-ideal angle than your ears, what you’ll hear won’t be accurate. Set your speaker height so that the tweeters are at ear level. Be sure to check out our blog post on horizontal vs. You can find the recommended alignment for your monitors in the manual. Some speakers are made to be placed flat, while others are designed to stand up. The distance between (just behind) your head and each speaker, and the distance between the speakers themselves should all have to be the same-around 67 inches (108cm) is a good starting point.Ĥ. Your head and speakers should form an equilateral triangle. Symmetry is important for stereo imaging.ģ. The same applies to your listening position. Place your speakers at an equal distance from the side walls. This gives the low frequencies more space to develop, which usually leads to a flatter frequency response and less destructive reflections from the rear wall.Ģ. Have the speakers fire along the length of the room. Make sure you have a tape measure at hand.ġ. Here are a few ideas for how to best position your speakers. Speakers are similar to microphones in that moving your speakers even a couple of inches can drastically change what’s coming out of them. Once you’ve discovered (or admitted) that your listening environment needs improving, the first thing you think of is buying new speakers, right? Or maybe you think about acoustic treatment? However, the first step in your journey to improving your room should be correctly positioning your speakers for your listening position. What’s important for us is to minimize the acoustic peaks and valleys our rooms naturally exhibit. This is only possible in extreme laboratory conditions like this crazy room at the Microsoft Audio Labs.
